eye socket

noun

Examples of eye socket in a Sentence

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Police wrote in court documents that the man kept walking, but Lanks came up to him from behind, stuck his fingers into the man's right eye socket and pulled it out. Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 20 Apr. 2025 The carrier was taken to a hospital, where he was diagnosed with a broken nose and a fractured eye socket. Jason Green, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025 Right away, she was rushed into orbital compartment surgery, an emergency procedure to relieve pressure in the eye socket. Jordan Greene, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025 In 2016, Maco was involved in a car crash that left him with multiple skull fractures, a broken eye socket, cracked vertebrae, and heart palpitations, as well as visual impairment that doctors were eventually able to treat. Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 27 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for eye socket

Word History

First Known Use

1661, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of eye socket was in 1661

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“Eye socket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eye%20socket. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

eye socket

noun

Medical Definition

eye socket

noun
: orbit

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